COURSE DESCRIPTION

The magic to restorative and esthetic success lies in the timeless protocols of the “Concepts of Complete Dentistry”.  At this advanced level of treatment planning, esthetics can only be a mirror of the relative health of the system.  Synergizing our understanding of this sophisticated system with the advancements in modern materials and technology enables us to predictably create treatment options that emulate nature.

In this program, through the use of clinical cases and video, we will discuss the protocols of the Functional Esthetic Matrix through the modulation of the Smile Design Matrix related to Global, Macro and Micro Esthetics.  The mastery of this Dental Blue Print requires an effective treatment planning protocol that is a quantitative, progressive and dynamic; to insure comfortable, durable and beautiful results.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the critical relationship between function and esthetics
• Learn the four key steps to creating predictable anterior restorations
• Designing exquisite provisional prototypes and understanding their importance in creating predictable ceramic restorations
• Understanding the key elements in lab communication
• Comparing the myriad of dental ceramics available today and understanding the properties inherent to each that will help us choose the best materials to insure our success
• Understanding proper preparation designs and when to use a veneer and when not to
• Understanding the elements of Smile Design relative to Global, Macro and Micro criteria
• Understanding the critical steps in delivering beautiful esthetic restorations

THE SPEAKER

Scott Finlay, DDS, FAGD, FAACD is recognized as one of the top dentists in Annapolis. Since 1986, Dr. Finlay has served the greater Annapolis area, providing comprehensive general and cosmetic dentistry. 

Dr. Finlay has been repeatedly recognized for his excellence in cosmetic and general dentistry:

• Best General & Cosmetic Dentist in Annapolis
  What’s Up Magazine, every year since 2006
• Greater Annapolis’ Best Dentist
  Exclusively Annapolis Magazine, every year since 2004
• One of America’s Top Dentists
  Consumers Research Council of America

Dr. Scott Finlay has extensive postgraduate training. His studies have focused on restorative and cosmetic dentistry. His training includes continuums of advanced dental study at NYU Dental School in Manhattan, UCLA Dental School in Beverly Hills, California, and the internationally recognized Las Vegas Institute.

Dr. Finlay has studied directly under some of the nation’s leading gurus in restorative dentistry, including Dr. Pete Dawson in St. Petersburg, Florida, Dr. John Kois in Tacoma, Washington and Dr. Frank Spears in Seattle, Washington.

Dr. Finlay joined the Dawson Academy as a Senior Faculty member in 2008.  Although a majority of his professional focus remains his clinical practice, in this capacity as a Senior Faculty for the Dawson Academy, he serves as a teacher and mentor to other dentists across the US and in the United Kingdom and Japan where he lectures on the latest techniques and procedures that he has successfully implemented to provide quality, durable aesthetic dental rehabilitation for his patients. The Dawson Academy is one of the leading iconic continuing education centers in the country that emphasizes a philosophy of complete dentistry for patients based on the principles of biological, structural and functional health.

Dr. Finlay has appeared on Baltimore FOX 45 Morning News as an expert in cosmetic and restorative dentistry. He also appeared on a health television show in the Spring 2006, hosted by Meredith Baxter called “A Better Life” and was headlined on a similar show in the Fall 2006 “A Bride 2 Be“.  Some of the excepts of these videos can be viewed in our video segment of this site.

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